Sexual assault victim ordered to undergo competency hearing

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, OH (FOX19) - A local woman who says she's a sexual assault victim is waging a battle much bigger than that in court.

Dani Brewer was working a new job for about a month when she says her employer assaulted her. As the legal process has progressed, she's been ordered to undergo a competency hearing, something that she and her representatives from the Justice League of Ohio believe to be unfair.

They're afraid a hearing like this could set a precedent in these types of cases that may do more harm than good.

Brewer started a new job last October working as a branch manager and human resources in a new office. In the very next month, she says, things changed.

"He was a family friend, and my employer, and he sexually assaulted me," said Brewer.

Brewer reported the incident late last year that has yet to go to trial. But, the case has taken, what she sees as, an unusual turn.